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Frederick C. Stahr well-known muralist and art instructor, died on Saturday of a heart ailment in his home at 31 Jackson Street, Stapleton, S I., after a brief illness. His age was 68.
Born in Manhattan, Mr. Stahr was taken to Staten Island by his parents at the age of 2 and had lived there ever since. He began his study of art at the National Academy of Design, where he won the Lazarus Prize, a four-year continued course in arts at the American Academy of Design in Rome. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Rome and at Munich in 1910-11. He later taught art classes at Columbia University and also taught privately in his home.
Mr. Stahr specialized in murals in public buildings. Examples of his work are in the courthouses in Baltimore, Chicago and Boston. Shortly after the first World War he painted the history of Staten Island on the walls of the Borough Hall at St. George, S.I.
He was a fellow of the American Academy of Design and the National Academy of Design.
He leaves three sisters, the Misses Marie and Theodora Stahr and Mrs. J.A.C. Fitchmueller, and a brother, Leo Stahr, all of Staten Island.
The New York Times
New York, New York
Monday, March 11, 1946
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Father: Gustav "Adolf" Stahr (b. ~July 1845 in Germany)
Mother: Ida Anna Stahr
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World War I Draft Registration Card:
Name: Fraderick Charles Stahr
Race: White
Birth Date: June 9, 1876
Age: 42 year.
Residence Date 1917-1918
Street Address: 31 Jackson St., (Studio); S. I. NY
Residence Place: Stapleton, Richmond County, New York
Draft Board: 188
Physical: Build Medium
Height: Short
Hair Color: Grey Mixed
Eye Color: Brown
Present Occupation: Artist
Mother: Ida Anna Stahr; 31 Jackson St., L.I. NY
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Frederick C. Stahr well-known muralist and art instructor, died on Saturday of a heart ailment in his home at 31 Jackson Street, Stapleton, S I., after a brief illness. His age was 68.
Born in Manhattan, Mr. Stahr was taken to Staten Island by his parents at the age of 2 and had lived there ever since. He began his study of art at the National Academy of Design, where he won the Lazarus Prize, a four-year continued course in arts at the American Academy of Design in Rome. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Rome and at Munich in 1910-11. He later taught art classes at Columbia University and also taught privately in his home.
Mr. Stahr specialized in murals in public buildings. Examples of his work are in the courthouses in Baltimore, Chicago and Boston. Shortly after the first World War he painted the history of Staten Island on the walls of the Borough Hall at St. George, S.I.
He was a fellow of the American Academy of Design and the National Academy of Design.
He leaves three sisters, the Misses Marie and Theodora Stahr and Mrs. J.A.C. Fitchmueller, and a brother, Leo Stahr, all of Staten Island.
The New York Times
New York, New York
Monday, March 11, 1946
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Father: Gustav "Adolf" Stahr (b. ~July 1845 in Germany)
Mother: Ida Anna Stahr
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World War I Draft Registration Card:
Name: Fraderick Charles Stahr
Race: White
Birth Date: June 9, 1876
Age: 42 year.
Residence Date 1917-1918
Street Address: 31 Jackson St., (Studio); S. I. NY
Residence Place: Stapleton, Richmond County, New York
Draft Board: 188
Physical: Build Medium
Height: Short
Hair Color: Grey Mixed
Eye Color: Brown
Present Occupation: Artist
Mother: Ida Anna Stahr; 31 Jackson St., L.I. NY
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